Power is confidence. The confidence to deliver your answer when you're in a board meeting is what will allow you to move up faster. The confidence to be yourself in front of people creates a separation.

Wise men listen and laugh, while fools talk.

I like generals. I like Napoleon. I like strategy. The majority of them are praised for mass destruction, but it's exciting to see how it comes to the mind mentally.

I think it's impossible to actually be a role model. I think on some level, you'll have your flaws or defects of character, regardless.

Beware of feedback from friends whose judgments could be tainted by feelings of envy or the need to flatter.

You gotta be smart enough to pick up the information as you go.

The greatest fear people have is that of being themselves.